Edward Elgar Publishing: 369 books
Autonomous Public Bodies and the Law
A European Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
This insightful book discusses the impact of EU law on the creation and empowerment of autonomous public bodies (APBs) at Member State level and analyzes recent attempts of European states to rationalize delegation to APBs. It examines the tensions between these trends: under what conditions can APBs...
How to be an Academic Superhero
Establishing and Sustaining a Successful Career in the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
In universities across the world, academics struggle to establish and sustain their careers while satisfying intensifying institutional demands. Drawing from the author’s decades of observation and experience in academia, this exceptional book responds to the challenges of fostering and sustaining a successful academic career.
Thinking Differently about Leadership
A Critical History of Leadership Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
This book is a critical historical analysis of leadership thought in the Western tradition, examining Classical Greek, medieval and modern social scientific theories of leadership, focussing on the assumptions and effects which arise from these ways of understanding leadership and offering a new basis for leadership theory-building.
Patenting Genes
The Requirement of Industrial Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This book constitutes a fascinating and in-depth analysis of the significance of the requirement of industrial application within gene patenting and how this influences innovation in Europe and the US. The author addresses an area normally overlooked in biotechnology patenting due to the predominance...
Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics
Global Context and Local Policies
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Encompassing China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, extending to Australasia and connecting with South Asia, the Asian-Pacific Rim forms the world’s most dynamic economic region. Comprehending the region’s logistical structure and its institutions is of pivotal importance for businesses, researchers...
Insider Trading and Market Manipulation
Investigating and Prosecuting Across Borders
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
This book explores how the globalization of securities markets has affected market manipulation and insider trading. It delves into the responses of securities regulators, discussing new regulations designed to deter such misconduct, as well as they ways in which detection, investigation and prosecution...
by Daly, H.E.
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this important book, Herman E. Daly lays bare the weaknesses of growth economics and explains why, in contrast, a steady-state economy is both necessary and desirable. Through the course of the book, Daly develops the basic concept and theory of a steady-state economy from the 1970s limits to growth...
The History of Law in Europe
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Comprehensive and accessible, this book offers a concise synthesis of the evolution of the law in Western Europe, from ancient Rome to the beginning of the twentieth century. It situates law in the wider framework of Europe’s political, economic, social and cultural developments.
by David Grant, Lyria Bennett Moses
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
This book presents an entirely new way of understanding technology, as the successor to the dominant ideologies that have underpinned the thought and practices of the Western world. Like the preceding ideologies of Deity, State and Market, technology displays the features of a modern myth, promising...
Individualism and Inequality
The Future of Work and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
A belief in individual self-determination powered the development of universal human rights and inspired social movements from anti-slavery to socialism and feminism. At the same time, every attempt to embed individualism in systems of education and employment has eventually led to increased social inequality....
by Hong Liu
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
This book addresses the fundamental issue: does the Chinese strategic mind have its own idiosyncrasies which differ considerably from those of the Western mind? It expounds and unravels the particular characteristics of the Chinese strategic mind: what they are, how they are evolved and what strategic...
by Tamas Gyorfi
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Ever since the Second World War, a new constitutional model has emerged worldwide that gives a pivotal role to judges. Against the New Constitutionalism challenges this reigning paradigm and develops a distinctively liberal position against strong constitutional review that puts the emphasis on epistemic...
Constitutional Preambles
A Comparative Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
While their use and significance have increased in recent decades, constitutional preambles have received only scant attention in academic literature. This presents a uniquely quantitative and qualitative analysis of all the preambles currently in force around the world and addresses fascinating questions...
Waste Policy
International Regulation, Comparative and Contextual Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
The book’s premise is that all forms of waste are expanding exponentially, and are often of a hazardous nature. The author examines the size of the problem, considers how it is evolving, and assesses the legal and political implications. He then shows that existing solutions to reducing consumption and recycling are limited, and concludes by discussing potential ways forward.